I think the intent is that metallic hydrogen alone is the fuel, as a metastable way of storing some fraction of atomic hydrogen recombination energy. H + H -> H2 at 52,000K
> On Jan 26, 2017, at 20:51 , Brent Meeker <[email protected]> wrote: > > Makes no sense. Isp it just exhaust velocity which depends on the energy > release per molecule of the combustion products. The energy per H2O molecule > isn't going to be any different when the H came from metallic instead of > liquid hydrogen. Having metallic hydrogen might make the rocket structurally > more compact and lighter, but don't see how it can raise the combustion > temperature of the Isp. > > Brent > > On 1/26/2017 4:24 PM, Hans Moravec wrote: >> Something like antimatter propulsion, but much easier? >> >> Metallic hydrogen: The most powerful rocket fuel >> http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/215/1/012194/meta >> >> Hydrogen Squeezed Into a Metal, Possibly Solid, Harvard Physicists Say >> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/science/solid-metallic-hydrogen-harvard-physicists.html >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
